OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS AND CHILDREN MONDAY 28TH MAY 2018: NOT YOUR POWER

MEMORISE: For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, fear not; I will help thee. Isaiah 41:13

Please read: Isaiah 41:8-14

MESSAGE:
It is a dangerous thing to trust in great men, wealthy men or even leaders because they can disappoint you any time their strength, wisdom, resources or morals fail them.

It is even more dangerous to trust in self. You may be brilliant, but academic success comes from God.

You may have lots of things to make you happy, but joy comes from God.

You may have diverse security devices, but safety is a
product that only Heaven can deliver to you.

Wherever you are today, it is not by your power, wisdom or making; it is absolutely God’s doing.

Realizing your progress is not entirely your making, it should bring you great joy, because the God working behind the scenes to get you where you should be will ensure that you reach your destination.

Appreciate God for all that He is doing through you.
It is not you, but Him.

KEY POINT:
The one who is truly secure and successful is the one that totally depends on God.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Chronicles 23-25
John 11:1-17

Hymn 1
1. My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
Take all my guilt away,
Oh, let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!

2. May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me,
Oh, may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire !

3. While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.

4. When ends life’s transient dream,
When death’s cold, sullen stream
Shall o’er me roll;
Blest Saviour, then in love,
Fear and distrust remove;
Oh, bear me safe above,
A ransomed soul!

Blessed week ahead

RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual May 27th, 2018 Lesson 39 —

TOPIC: Sunday School Quarterly Review – [Section 1 – 4th, Sunday, 27th May 2018]

SECTION 1 – 4th Quarter Test – Marks Obtainable = 50 Marks

Time Allowed = 15 Minutes

Co-coordinator (Parish/Area/Zonal) should set 10 questions from the 12 lessons in the quarter and administer them for 15 minutes. Each question carries 5 marks. Total score should be marked over 50 marks.

SECTION 2 – 4th Quarter Attendance in the Sunday school and Participation in Class Activities.

Marks Obtainable = 50 Marks Time Allowed = 15 Minutes

Class Teachers should check the student’s attendance and participations in Sunday School Class Report (R1) and count how many times the student attended the School. 4 Marks should be given for each time the student was present in the Quarter, while 2 marks be given for attending the quarterly review. Open Heaven 27 May 2018
i.e. 4 marks x number of times present + 2 marks
e.g. 4 X 12 times +2 = 50
Total Scores should marked over 50 marks

SECTION 3 – ASSIGNMENTS
Marks Obtainable = 100 Marks Time allowed = Zero
Class teacher should check student’s workbook and obtain the student’s score. The work book assignments should be scored over 100 marks for every quarter with 10 marks for each assignment.

GRADING OF SCORES
Total Score = Section 1 + Section 2 + Section 3
200
e.g. = 40 + 42 + 70 x 100
200 1 = 76%

SECTION 4 – INTERACTIVE SECTION
Marks Obtainable – Zero mark Time Allowed – 15 minutes

Teacher and students should discuss how to move the Sunday school forward in the new quarter. They should discuss challenges and set new goals. They should pray for success of the Sunday school and all officials.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS AND CHILDREN SATURDAY 26TH MAY 2018: GUARD YOUR THOUGHTS

MEMORISE: Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23

Please read: Mark 7:20-22

MESSAGE:
We are what we think. Thoughts are powerful. Our thoughts inform and influence our actions. This is why we must guard our thoughts.

Some people just leave their minds to wander about. This is wrong. If you are not cautious of what you think about, the devil will take advantage to fill your mind with lots of evil. When a person keeps thinking evil thoughts, he will eventually start practicing evil deeds.

To guard our thoughts, we must be careful of what we allow into our minds. The music we listen to, the TV programs we watch, the social media handles we follow, the conversations we hold and the
company we keep. These things are elements that fill our minds and translate to either positive or negative thoughts.

How much Christian content do you consume? How many Christian social media handles do you follow? How often do you attend Christian fellowships? The
things you put into your mind will translate into your thoughts, and these thoughts will translate into actions that will eventually lead you to your future. Watch what you feed your mind with.

ACTION POINT
From today, be careful about the books you read, the movies you watch and the music you listen to because they will shape your personality.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Chronicles 17-19
John 10:1-21

Hymn 2
1. When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

4.But we never can prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Saturday, May 26, 2018) – GOOD NEIGHBOURLINESS 2

1.I worship and adore you, my Father, because, you are the creator of heaven and the earth, and nothing is beyond your redemption.

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name. Open Heaven 27 May 2018

3.Father, let your fire consume every spirit of selfishness and self-centeredness, in my life, family, church and community, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, give me a sacrificial heart; help me to show kindness, love and compassion, to my Neigbour, the poor, the needy and help me create time to visit them, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, help us to restore our humanity, and to do unto others, as we wish them do unto us, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, empower your church to fill the gap created by the deficiency of modern society, which has brought about, unemployment, drug addiction, sexual immorality, etc, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, help your church to provide human warmth, homeliness, love and care, in places ravaged by individualism, loneliness and lack of trust, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, as modern society becomes increasingly hostile and dehumanising, let your children, all over the world, become increasingly accommodating, peaceful, hospitable and caring, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, restore our human to human interactions, instead of restricting ourselves to the social media, that we may be able to know the challenges faced by individuals, in their homes, in Jesus’ name.

10.Prince of peace, let your peace reign supreme in our lives, homes, communities and nation, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, let Pastor E.A. Adeboye, continue to grow in wisdom and stature; let him find favour with God and men, continually, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens:(Friday, May 25, 2018) – GOOD NEIGHBOURLINESS 1

1.Thank you, Father, for the gift of life and for all true servants of God that you have blessed the body of Christ with.

2.Thank you, Father, for sending your son, Jesus, to Calvary, to pay the debt, that I could not pay.

3.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, answer all my cries and petitions, today, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, come and turn seemingly, hopeless situations, in my life, around, to your glory, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, please, give me the grace to maintain good and cordial relationship with all my neighbours, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, empower me to follow peace with all men, and godliness, that, I may see you, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, multiply the little you have blessed me with, and make me a lender to Nations, in Jesus’ name. Open Heaven 27 may 2018

9.Father, whenever, I am compelled to lend to the poor, let it be motivated by the spirit of mercy and compassion, in obedience to you, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, let every yoke of debt, poverty, lack and begging, in my life, be destroyed, by your fire, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, let all resources, financial and material, required to complete all outstanding projects, in the hands of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, be divinely supplied from above, today, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18)..

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS AND CHILDREN FRIDAY 25TH MAY 2018: ABOVE POWERS

MEMORISE: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6

Please read: Deuteronomy 32:7-13

MESSAGE:
The eagle is a super bird. It is known to take higher flights because it wants to remain different and out of the league of other birds.

In today’s Bible reading, our Lord Jesus Christ is compared to an eagle. He rides on the higher places. Ephesians 1:20-21 says Christ is raised above all and made to seat far above all dominion, power or throne. Open Heaven 27 May 2018

Being a child of the Eagle, you become an eaglet yourself, and so you have in you the traits of the eagle.

Unfortunately, many believers become ‘doubting Thomases’ when it comes to this, or they simply refuse to act it out. Any believer who is constantly living in failure and defeat is ignorant of who he or she is
in Christ. You are far above fear, failures and defeat. Do not live below your original/spiritual position!

ACTION POINT:
Search through the scriptures and write out passages that talk about your spiritual placement and authority. Believe, confess and enforce them.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 Chronicles 14-16
John 9:24-41

Hymn 11
1. Stand up! stand up for Jesus,
Ye soldiers of the Cross!
Lift high His royal banner,
It must not suffer loss.
From victory unto victory
His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished,
And Christ is Lord indeed.

2. Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
The solemn watchword hear;
If while ye sleep he suffers,
Away with shame and fear.
Where’re ye meet with evil,
Within you or without,
Charge for the God of battles,
And put the foe to rout.

3. Stand up! stand up for Jesus !
Stand in His strength alone;
The arm of flesh will fail you,
Ye dare not trust your own.
Put on the gospel armour,
Each piece put on with prayer;
When duty calls or danger,
Be never wanting there.

4. Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor’s song.
To him that overcometh
A crown of life shall be;
He with the King of glory
Shall reign eternally.